Clippers to hold training camp in Las Vegas

Clippers teammates Blake Griffin, left, and Chris Paul will be back on the court together when the team opens training camp Sept. 30 in Las Vegas.

Staff Writer

Sept. 8, 2014 5:07 PM PT

The Clippers announced Monday that they will hold training camp in Las Vegas from Sept. 30-Oct. 4 at Nevada Las Vegas.

The team will practice twice a day during the first four days of camp before concluding with a single practice on the last day.

“Getting away for training camp offers our team a unique opportunity to bond and focus solely on basketball as we prepare for the season,” Doc Rivers, the Clippers’ coach and president of basketball operations, said in a statement. “UNLV has first-class facilities and we are excited about starting the season in Las Vegas.”

The team held its training camp in La Jolla last season.

The Clippers will hold media day at their Playa Vista headquarters on Sept. 29. Their preseason opener is Oct. 7 against Golden State at Staples Center and their first regular-season game is Oct. 30 against Oklahoma City at Staples Center.

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Ben Bolch has been a Los Angeles Times staff writer since 1999. He is serving his second stint as the UCLA beat writer, which seems fitting since he has covered almost every sports beat except hockey and horse racing. Bolch is also the author of the recently released book “100 Things UCLA Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.” He previously covered UCLA basketball from 2010-11 before going on to cover the NBA and the Clippers for five years. He happily traded in gobs of hotel points and airline miles to return to cover UCLA basketball and football in the summer of 2016. Bolch was once selected by NBA TV’s “The Starters” as the “Worst of the Week” after questioning their celebrity journalism-style questions at an NBA All-Star game and considers it one of his finer moments.

Clippers to hold training camp in Las Vegas

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